I'll ask again: who are the alt-texts directed to? If Cuegan, then "Wait for it" doesn't seem to make sense. If us, then "RUN" doesn't make sense. (Or else we're all missing something vitally important... gulp... I hope the next post doesn't conclude with "And thus ends Outside"!)

Did it change back to Wait for it between '...' and 'RUN.' ? I never actually saw '...' I just saw "Wait for it." change to "RUN" (seemed to me it did it just before the Newpix change, but hard to tell since there was only Cueball turning his head.)

NOTE Ximenez's numbers are NOT mscha's. We are currently at 2921 (RUN.)M2920 had (...)

But When I went back to check last hour I had Wait For It as usual (with the newpix) until I refreshed. Then the ... showed up. So it may be switching about a bit.

When as a child I laughed and wept, time crept.When as a youth I waxed more bold, time strolled.When I became a full-grown man, time RAN.When older still I daily grew, time FLEW.Soon I shall find, in passing on, time gone.O Christ! wilt Thou have saved me then? Amen.

It is awfully hot out... do you think GLR would object (were the alt-ext to be aimed at us) if perhaps we just milled about aimlessly?ETA: PFNP. Well. These are new Times... plans for escape, please.Ed to change decree: haha, of course I meant RESCUE, not escape, good thing the OTT is megabusy.....

Sinister shadows veil a dark, chaotic stageOminous thunder erupts in hate and rageDesolate sidewalks cast a fear upon the windEvil awakens in the hearts of hopeless menIn times like these I cannot walkNo, I must...

CHORUS:

Run, oh runThrough the blood-red moon to the breaking sunOh run, runThrough the mouth of death to the Risen OneOh run, run

Tremors of helplessness rumble in my chestThe mirror of midnight reveals my aging fleshTime is like water wearing down a brittle stoneLeaving a mystery that is known by God aloneTo Him I goI cannot walk-no I must...(chorus)

charlie_grumbles wrote:The rise of the water would possibly be gentle, but relentless. Think of a tidal bore that is 30 feet high, but one day's journey (for the water) wide. Not a few minutes, but several hours. The onrush at the mouth has spread out a hundred miles (??) by the time it reaches them.

keithl makes a great point about seismic effects.

The inflow will be gentle at first, as the opening erodes, then huge, then more gentle as the surface area increases and the difference in levels decreases. I think the Librarian (yes, randalldammit, Librarian), believes we are at the max flow period, say 10-20 meters per day of increase in depth. More if she is right about a "few days" to fill.

Thanks for again being a voice of common sense. People have been writing about a tidal wave as if the Forty lived just a few miles from Gibraltar, when in fact the water will have to travel most of a thousand miles to reach them. Furthermore, it's going to travel in a well-established channel only slightly north of east until it reaches "their" sea, where it will have to make a nearly ninety-degree turn to the north to reach their home. The current is going to spend a great deal of its momentum against Sardinia, and a great deal more will be lost to friction and turbulence crossing their sea; the 500-klick wavefront reaching Megball's beach is going to be much calmer, like a very rapid tide. Look again at the map that capnbuckle linked to:

Did it change back to Wait for it between '...' and 'RUN.' ? I never actually saw '...' I just saw "Wait for it." change to "RUN" (seemed to me it did it just before the Newpix change, but hard to tell since there was only Cueball turning his head.)

NOTE Ximenez's numbers are NOT mscha's. We are currently at 2921 (RUN.)M2920 had (...)

Spoiler:

But When I went back to check last hour I had Wait For It as usual (with the newpix) until I refreshed. Then the ... showed up. So it may be switching about a bit.

Sorry for the Doctor Who mini-thread, but GLR said "run," so... what would The Doctor do?

Cueball: Wait a minute.. you said that when you "discovered" the sea was rising you tried to shore it up, but failed.

Rosetta: Yes, we did, but -

Cueball: and that the sea would fill in a matter of days.

Rosetta: Yes, it will. But what -

Cueball: So, HOW did you happen to be there, RIGHT WHEN IT STARTED????

(dialogue skipped)

Cueball: And so it's your responsibility! You HAVE to help us help them!

Remember waiting a half hour for one darkening pixel? Pepperidge Farms remembers...Note To Blitzers:It is advisable NOT to go past page 1130 until you've seen up to frame 2900 (Geekwagon Numbering). A lot is happening, and really, you do not want to skip ahead at that point.

Rule110 wrote:When as a child I laughed and wept, time crept.When as a youth I waxed more bold, time strolled.When I became a full-grown man, time RAN.When older still I daily grew, time FLEW.Soon I shall find, in passing on, time gone.O Christ! wilt Thou have saved me then? Amen.

We built castles by the seaThey brought us fun and were a joy to seeBut the sea rose high, washed them awayWhy could this be, we could not say

We must find out, we must learn moreWe travelled far, far from the shoreWhat will we find, what will we seeWill we ever learn about the rising sea…

Walking up big hills and mountainsidesTravelling way way up highPassed molpies and wow trees and wowterfallsWatched beesnakes and flutterbees flyLucky the Keyboard pounced on Cueball's backMegan picked up her thwap-stick to attack!

RUN TO THE HILLS!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!RUN TO THE HILLS!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Strange folk met in the barren wastesBeanies they wore on their headsTook us away to their castle up highTo meet with their leader, who said:"The sea it is filling, far up it will roam,Engulfing the land and destroying your home!"

RUN TO THE HILLS!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!RUN TO THE HILLS!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Valarya wrote:

yappobiscuits wrote:

BlueCrab wrote:Hair II yappobiscuits and his fanclub

Spoiler:

yappobiscuits wrote:I'm still not COMPLETELY convinced that's a she, my hair isn't all that different actually

And.... cue the sound of dozens OTTer fans of yappo's voice fainting from the overdose of awesomeness.(Ahem. I don't suppose you'd tell us the colour of magic your hair?)

We built castles by the seaThey brought us fun and were a joy to seeBut the sea rose high, washed them awayWhy could this be, we could not say

We must find out, we must learn moreWe travelled far, far from the shoreWhat will we find, what will we seeWill we ever learn about the rising sea…

Walking up big hills and mountainsidesTravelling way way up highWe saw molpies and wow trees and wowterfallsWatched beesnakes and flutterbees flyLucky the Keyboard pounced on Cueball's backMegan picked up her thwap-stick to attack!

RUN TO THE HILLS!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!RUN TO THE HILLS!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Strange folk met in the barren wastesBeanies they wore on their headsTook us away to their castle up highTo meet with their leader, who said:"The sea it is filling, far up it will roam,Engulfing the land and destroying your home!"

RUN TO THE HILLS!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!RUN TO THE HILLS!RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

keithl wrote:The breaking of the Gibraltar dam, the movement of the water, the seismic response to petatons of water moving in, all that will not be gentle or steady. Don't think gradual rise of water level, think hundred meter tsunami waves, perhaps dozens of events in a few weeks. The Mediterranean is seismically very complex where the African, Iberian, and Eurasian plates smash together:

In the comic, not much water has moved so far, so the earthquakes haven't started yet. But when they do, the castle gets shaken to rubble, and the Gibraltar dam gets torn open big time.

(edit) P.P.S. Should this comic be nominated for the science fiction Hugo award for 2013? Will it be finished by years end?

I haven't seen any mention of the seismic implications of the added weight of water; good call! That's potentially a disastrously important point.

As for the Hugo: I already suggested (about 1200np ago) that Time might qualify in the "Best Graphic Story" category, the one Girl Genius kept winning. All we need is one OTTer who is a member of Worldcon.

They're running. I'm so confused because I thought she told Cuegan that it was far too late to save their family and they'd have to say their goodbyes from here. So why is she telling them to run again? If it's because a tidal wave is coming for their castle, why isn't she running as well?

They're running. I'm so confused because I thought she told Cuegan that it was far too late to save their family and they'd have to say their goodbyes from here. So why is she telling them to run again? If it's because a tidal wave is coming for their castle, why isn't she running as well?

WHAT IN THE GREAT RANDALL IS GOING ON?

(alt text still says: RUN)

Hairdo isn't telling them to run, they just looked at each other for that "..." phrase and it must have passed as a look between them.